diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ba7098b..aff361a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 Provides: wmf-sre-laptop
 Replaces: wmf-sre-laptop
 Conflicts: wmf-sre-laptop, pwstore
-Depends: ruby, gnupg2, git, git-review (>= 1.27.0-1), colordiff
+Depends: ruby, gnupg2, git, colordiff
+Recommends: git-review (>= 1.27.0-1)
 Description: Basic configs/scripts for laptops of WMF SREs
  This package ships a number of common scripts and configs to setup a
  Debian-based laptop for use by an Wikimedia Foundation SRE.